Hans David Tampobolon, Jakarta – A seeming reluctance by three parties initially pushing to investigate the Bank Century bailout may be down to the threat of past scandals being aired a

Febriamy Hutapea & Muninggar Saraswati – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party expressed guarded optimism on Wednesday that its coalition partners would change their

Febriamy Hutapea – In what could be the beginning of the end of the politically charged Bank Century probe, lawmakers have conceded that there is no evidence that money from the state b

Batam – Muslim legal arbiters in this Riau Islands city on Tuesday rejected a recently floated idea to levy a tax on prostitution to increase the local government's income.

Pandaya, Jakarta – The 2007 Coastal and Islet Management Law is yet to be functional, but an alliance of activists are already seeking to shoot it down.

Putri Prameshwari – Employees who were recently laid off by several companies without prior discussion must be taken back, Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Muhaimin Iskandar said

Ulma Haryanto – Alleged police indifference to violence targeting religious minorities was questioned on Tuesday during a public discussion in Jakarta held by civil-society organization

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Days after news broke that the Communications and Information Technology Ministry was mulling a regulation to curb Internet-related crime, online oppos

Ismira Lutfia – The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology is facing growing objections to its plan to create a monitoring team with the power to order Internet service pr

Febriamy Hutapea – Just two weeks before the House of Representatives is scheduled to wrap up the ongoing probe into the Rp 6.7 trillion ($710 million) Bank Century bailout, the special

Nivell Rayda – Analysts are predicting rising political tensions when the House of Representatives special committee investigating the Bank Century bailout presents its findings.

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to have clear-legislation to curb collusion and conflicts of interest among its leaders, which is also a cause for concern for Presiden

Jakarta – Democracy activists have accused a group affiliated with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party of attacking the office of Bendera, a rival group associated wit

Anita Rachman & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – The Constitutional Court chief on Sunday threw his weight behind a forthcoming bill to fine or jail men who failed to register their marria

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Commemorating what they called domestic worker national day, which falls on Feb.

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta branch of the Alliance of Independent Journalists' (AJI) has called for the reopening of the murder case of journalist Fuad Muhamad Syafruddin,

A statue depicting US President Barack Obama as a boy was Sunday removed from a park in Indonesia's capital, officials said.

The Alliance of Independent Journalists has slammed the Communication and Information Ministry's draft regulation on multimedia content, stating that it threatened freedom of the press.

Bagus Budi Tama Saragih, Jakarta – The percentage of female legislators at the parliament has reached its highest level in history, but many parties, particularly women's rights activis

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The government has promised to provide more attention on reviving manufacturing, service sectors, among the hardest hit by the global crisis last year, in or

Jakarta – The Supreme Court has selected ad hoc justice candidates with questionable competence, a member of the Court Monitoring Coalition says.

Hundreds of supporters of 16 Islamic social organizations in Bekasi, West Java, threatened to forcibly close Galileo Church, located in Taman Galaxy, South Bekasi, on Monday, alleging t

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's prayers of late have likely been dominated by wishes that the PT Bank Century bailout probe might die an unholy death, but

Febriamy Hutapea, Ardian Wibisono, Amir Tejo & Made Arya Kencana – Despite their own great expectations, four groups of legislators probing the Bank Century scandal dispatched to th

Febriamy Hutapea – An analyst has criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's use of implied "political threats" against his coalition partners over the Bank Century bailout inquiry

Locals unwittingly forced two women into a same-sex marriage in Labuhanbatu, North Sumatra, because they thought the pair were having premarital sex, however after it was revealed that

Some employers choose to hire a girl rather than an adult because they want someone who will work for less money and who will be easier to boss around.

Paris – Drilling firm PT Lapindo Brantas, owned by Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie, was to blame for unleashing a mud volcano in East Java that claimed 14 lives and displaced tens

Nurfika Osman – Devout Muslims should not spend Sunday gazing at their sweethearts across a romantic, candle-lit dinner, the Indonesian Ulema Council has recommended, declaring celebrat

Heru Andriyanto – Police documents released for the first time reveal how the JW Marriott Hotel suicide bomber was able to talk his way into a lounge hosting a private event for foreign

Nurfika Osman – The head of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) in Palembang, South Sumatra, has warned people, especially women, not to wear sexy and tight attire when they undertake ae

Jakarta – The conservative Indonesian Ulema Council in Tasikmalaya, West Java announced a ban on Valentine's Day on Friday, citing its Roman legacy that contradicts Islamic law.

Febriamy Hutapea – In an increasingly hostile political environment, a number of lawmakers on the House of Representatives special committee investigating the Bank Century bailout are i

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Camelia Pasandaran – The country's courts top the list of at least 268 public complaints received by the presidentially-appointed judicial mafia task force since its establishment in De

Amir Tejo & Fidelis E Satriastanti – In response to new report by British geologist Richard Davies that said the Sidoarjo mudflow was caused by human error, East Java Police on Frid

Jakarta – Constitutional Court chief Mahfud MD told prosecutors to kick their habit of extorting money from defendants for preferential treatment.

Anita Rachman – At least four million of 58.8 million children across the nation are in employment, and of those at least 1.7 million are considered child laborers, according to a 2009

Emmy Fitri & Ismira Lutfia – Nine years ago Bambang Suryono rediscovered his passion for journalism when he began working for a Chinese-language newspaper, a dream he never thought

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The former head of Indonesia's anti-corruption watchdog, Antasari Azhar, has been found guilty of masterminding the murder of a business executive and rival for th

Jupernalis Samosir, Jakarta – A coalition of mainly environmental groups in Riau province staged a protest on Friday outside the provincial legislative council's office to the demand th

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The government remains optimistic economic growth will accelerate to 5.5 percent this year but warns of downside risks caused by domestic and external factor

Jakarta – A number of sex workers returned to the street after undergoing a rehabilitation program at Bina Karya Wanita Harapan Mulia rehabilitation center in Kedoya, West Jakarta.

Arientha Primanita & Ulma Haryanto – The days of the pollution-belching, three-wheeled bemo may finally be numbered, the Jakarta city administration said on Wednesday.

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Padang – More than 2,000 people, most of whom were affected by the Padang earthquake in September, stoned the mayor's house to protest their mistreatment.

The increasingly bitter political battle over the House of Representatives special committee investigation into the Bank Century bailout grew more heated on Wednesday as Golkar Party Ch

Ulma Haryanto – A coalition of civil society organizations led by Indonesia Corruption Watch is set to report to the Attorney General's Office a Rp 1 billion ($107,000) embezzlement cas

Nivell Rayda – The Corruption Eradication Commission pledged on Wednesday to release the names of all the lawmakers who allegedly received a total of Rp 24 billion ($2.5 million) in bri

Tobias Basuki, Jakarta – Indonesia, the third-largest democracy in the world, may be facing gloomy days ahead.